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[Q] Changing default path for installation apps

Hello guys,
I'm sorry if this was a repeated question.
But i was wondering how we can change our default installation path on galaxy note?
Because the problem is everytime i download something from google play, its installed in the phone memory which is only around 1,5Gb
What's the use of 11Gb that we had on usb storage then? Can we somehow change the default path to usb storage?
And i don't want to use external SD card. I think that's all, thanks guys! Waiting for your respons!
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There is a thread regarding this.in that thread d dev will tell you how to move to phone memory data to sd card and vice versa.
Thanks button is here,please hit
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Try link2sd from the playstore.

I know it can moved to sd card.. But i dont have any and i want to used that 11Gb internal storage.. Please someone tell me how...
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hendymenn said:
I know it can moved to sd card.. But i dont have any and i want to used that 11Gb internal storage.. Please someone tell me how...
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11gb internal storage is called sd card. App2sd is what you need.
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SpyderTracks said:
11gb internal storage is called sd card. App2sd is what you need.
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I've tried that and it refers to the original function of move to sd card from the application settings. And it didn't work it says couldn't move not enough storage space and its because i dont have any sd card insert.
Therefore 11Gb usb storage only useful for extended game data and photo or music?
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hendymenn said:
I've tried that and it refers to the original function of move to sd card from the application settings. And it didn't work it says couldn't move not enough storage space and its because i dont have any sd card insert.
Therefore 11Gb usb storage only useful for extended game data and photo or music?
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Using App2SD you can only move some part of an app to the 11GB (called as SD card or internal SD) memory..also, you cant move each & every app, since some apps needs to be on the Phone memory (memory which shows ~2GB)..I am using App2SD to reduce the load on Phone memory..it wl b useful for apps/games, especially which r bigger in size..what I believe is the more you keep the Phone memory free, the more faster your phone will be..

shyamub4u said:
Using App2SD you can only move some part of an app to the 11GB (called as SD card or internal SD) memory..also, you cant move each & every app, since some apps needs to be on the Phone memory (memory which shows ~2GB)..I am using App2SD to reduce the load on Phone memory..it wl b useful for apps/games, especially which r bigger in size..what I believe is the more you keep the Phone memory free, the more faster your phone will be..
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That's an explanation i need.. Well i guess i just go buy an external sd card then move my apps in there. The 11Gb will only used for pictures and music then *sigh* thanks anyway mate!
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its better cuz it seems like moving huge files to-from the internal storage sometimes* results in a brick

hendymenn said:
That's an explanation i need.. Well i guess i just go buy an external sd card then move my apps in there. The 11Gb will only used for pictures and music then *sigh* thanks anyway mate!
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Thats a better option..buy a 32GB memory card & move all the stuffs like movies, music, photos, docs etc etc etc to it..use 2GB+11GB (in built memory) only for apps, games & their data..
Even 64GB card works on our Note, as per the below thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330784

I know this is a very late reply sorry
but i wonder you were talking about moving apps 2 sd
However, i moved all apps that are movable, i have no pics, videos, music or whatsoever . Yet, the internal storage gets full very fast to extend that i can't update apps anymore
I hope during the last 4 years someone figured out a solution
my phone has a custom lollipop rom and its rooted

AnasR. said:
I know this is a very late reply sorry
but i wonder you were talking about moving apps 2 sd
However, i moved all apps that are movable, i have no pics, videos, music or whatsoever . Yet, the internal storage gets full very fast to extend that i can't update apps anymore
I hope during the last 4 years someone figured out a solution
my phone has a custom lollipop rom and its rooted
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You can repartition your device, and you will have plenty of space for everything you need

hksaaa said:
You can repartition your device, and you will have plenty of space for everything you need
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hksaaa said:
You can repartition your device, and you will have plenty of space for everything you need
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Thank you for replying... The next question will be how I will be grateful if you helped me... I have a cwm or whatever u guys call it... I'm not an expert but I really like to learn these stuff and I'm a fast learner I got my phone almost brick while installing the custom ROM ? but I have succeeded... One more thing, my phone keep closing apps by itself, how I can prevent that?

AnasR. said:
Thank you for replying... The next question will be how I will be grateful if you helped me... I have a cwm or whatever u guys call it... I'm not an expert but I really like to learn these stuff and I'm a fast learner I got my phone almost brick while installing the custom ROM but I have succeeded... One more thing, my phone keep closing apps by itself, how I can prevent that?
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Its really simple ,1st you flash this recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=18061 , then you https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24499762635999029 install this trought this new installed recovery , and you now have 6gb memory for installing apps,and 7gb on sdcard0
data=6gb (means +4gb for apps)
sdcard0=~7gb (means -4gb from the stock size)

hksaaa said:
Its really simple ,1st you flash this recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=18061 , then you https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24499762635999029 install this trought this new installed recovery , and you now have 6gb memory for installing apps,and 7gb on sdcard0
data=6gb (means +4gb for apps)
sdcard0=~7gb (means -4gb from the stock size)
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Thank u again
First this is a twrp recovery I already have cwm does it have to be twrp?
Second still the second question about how to prevent auto closing for apps
Just now I opened the browser three times to be able to write the reply

AnasR. said:
Thank u again
First this is a twrp recovery I already have cwm does it have to be twrp?
Second still the second question about how to prevent auto closing for apps
Just now I opened the browser three times to be able to write the reply
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Yes it needs to be TWRP for that,after you flash file for storage you need to install from /tmp again and it should work
i dont know why,try to flash again rom,for me everything works without problem

[Q]how to use memory card for data storage

guys i tried to install most wanted ive created a folder /storage/extSdCard/Android/data and paste the data but when i install and run the most wanted it is asking me to download the data so its means that its not detecting the data in memory card..

ohohkhimee said:
guys i tried to install most wanted ive created a folder /storage/extSdCard/Android/data and paste the data but when i install and run the most wanted it is asking me to download the data so its means that its not detecting the data in memory card..
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You need app for that. Search threads little, I didn't use it - but heard it is possible.

It's called directory bind. There is an app for that but does require root.
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any other way?

you can use this mod for swap that 4Gb partition with your mircrosd card so then you will have internal mem 2gb; usb mem(sdcard) xGb and external mem (extsd) 4gb http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36613948&postcount=1017 use the changed mem
for restoring the original partitions use the original mem
just flash them in recovery mod
P.S. if you wanna save your all apps/games move all to internal mem then copy the Android/data and Android/obb (if exist) to tha microsd card then you can flash the changed memory mod

ohohkhimee said:
any other way?
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How many HD games you play at the same time that 4GB is not enough?

shut_down said:
How many HD games you play at the same time that 4GB is not enough?
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i know some games ... if you wanna play asphalt 7 and nfs most wanted and gta III you will cannot keep them ...

just bought my sdcard recently and i want to install hd games as many as i can and i dont want to use my usb sotrage as my data storage..

ohohkhimee said:
just bought my sdcard recently and i want to install hd games as many as i can coz i dont want to use my usb sotrage as my data storage..
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Brocky2011 told you what to do. You must root phone anyway. No other ways that that two provided here. That app, or this swap places of internal and external memory.

For ROOTING
-JB you can use this ---> single way
-GB you can use this --> method 1 metod 2

Use GL to SD(free in play)

this is already rooted before

Try uninstalling, pasting data again and then installing the app
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vaibhav121 said:
Try uninstalling, pasting data again and then installing the app
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no! that is not possible by pasting only try it with yourself..anyway im trying any workaround here..

ohohkhimee said:
no! that is not possible by pasting only try it with yourself..anyway im trying any workaround here..
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You need ROOT. Did you root your phone?

i said this is already rooted before and until now..

Одг: [Q]how to use memory card for data storage
ohohkhimee said:
i said this is already rooted before and until now..
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Sorry, didn't undestood then.
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i tried gl to sd the data really moves to ext sdcard but when i run the most wanted still asking me to download the data so that means its not detecting the data and i think its just only a copy paste method with that gl to sd..

I have tried and it works... Try doing on your computer (the copy paste)
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can u give ne your screenshot where the data is located?

[Q] How do you live with only 4GB of storage ?

Hello,
I am a new owner of a S3 mini. I tried many differents tweaks to move my apps to sd card (including Link2SD) but none worked.
So I am now stuck with only 4Gb of Storage, my device is already full (some updates cannot be done).
So I was wondering how you guys deal with this storage limitation ?
Thanks

I have only 1 GB in use (100 apps)
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Same here. 3.5gb free. All I've done is to use foldermount to mount my navigon maps to external sd.
No games installed. I use my PS3 for that

tys0n said:
Same here. 3.5gb free. All I've done is to use foldermount to mount my navigon maps to external sd.
No games installed. I use my PS3 for that
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Thanks a lot, I'll check foldermount.

482 mb free
I have 482mb free on my internal storage , and I use ex. card but it's obly 2gb so I'm planing to buy bigger one

Finally I tested Foldermount : this is the only app I could use with success to move apps to the SD card ...
So thanks a lot for this information !
But I have one question : I could not find any tutorial about Foldermount, the only way I know how to move apps is to select the app folder and the destination app. This is not very friendly ... The S3 mini is for my girlfriend, I need something as simple as possible (she's not a geek ...).
On Foldermount there is a menu which displays all your apps, but when I select one, the buttons (source or destination) remain grey (unusable) and there is an error message saying something like this app may already be linked to sdcard ...
Is there a tutorial about foldermount ?
Is there a way to use it without the need of selecting each app folder to move ?
Is there a way to just select the app and ask to move it to sd card ?
Thanks

dizzy33 said:
Finally I tested Foldermount : this is the only app I could use with success to move apps to the SD card ...
So thanks a lot for this information !
But I have one question : I could not find any tutorial about Foldermount, the only way I know how to move apps is to select the app folder and the destination app. This is not very friendly ... The S3 mini is for my girlfriend, I need something as simple as possible (she's not a geek ...).
On Foldermount there is a menu which displays all your apps, but when I select one, the buttons (source or destination) remain grey (unusable) and there is an error message saying something like this app may already be linked to sdcard ...
Is there a tutorial about foldermount ?
Is there a way to use it without the need of selecting each app folder to move ?
Is there a way to just select the app and ask to move it to sd card ?
Thanks
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Foldermount doesnt move apps to external sd, but link folders from internal sd to external sd.
I still find it very usefull to link download folder and other things like GPS maps. You can also link those game obb files that get stored in your sd (Android/obb) and free up alot of space if you play games.
You can read the original thread here.

tys0n said:
Foldermount doesnt move apps to external sd, but link folders from internal sd to external sd.
I still find it very usefull to link download folder and other things like GPS maps. You can also link those game obb files that get stored in your sd (Android/obb) and free up alot of space if you play games.
You can read the original thread here.
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To my point of view, it does move the app to external SD as it moves files to external SD and then create a link in the internal memory to external SD.
If it wouldn't move data to external SD card, this application would have no interest.
The only problem for me with this app is that to use it, you need to know in which folder of your internal memory the app has been installed. It's not very easy for everyone. It would be better if when Foldermount shows the list of your apps, you could just select it and then move it to SD.
This feature seems to be existing but does not work for now. Maybe in a later release ...
Anyway, this is the only "move to SD" app I tried which is working fine with the S3 mini.

dizzy33 said:
Hello,
I am a new owner of a S3 mini. I tried many differents tweaks to move my apps to sd card (including Link2SD) but none worked.
So I am now stuck with only 4Gb of Storage, my device is already full (some updates cannot be done).
So I was wondering how you guys deal with this storage limitation ?
Thanks
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Since its for your girlfriend, what do she store on her internal storage, i still have quite alot of space in my internal for apps, i use my external SD for other stuffs

AssToast said:
Since its for your girlfriend, what do she store on her internal storage, i still have quite alot of space in my internal for apps, i use my external SD for other stuffs
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GPS Navigation softwares for exemple. But whatever, she may use more softwares than you.

dizzy33 said:
GPS Navigation softwares for exemple. But whatever, she may use more softwares than you.
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anyway, try this? http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-install-apps-onto-your-SD-Card-No-Root/?ALLSTEPS

AssToast said:
anyway, try this? http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-install-apps-onto-your-SD-Card-No-Root/?ALLSTEPS
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Thanks but I already tried this, it does not work : the S3 mini does answer correctly to the ADB commands, it says it's now configured for external storage (2) but when I install an app it still does it on the internal storage ...
Really, I tried many different methods, only Foldermount worked.

DirectoryBind with only one link: /sdcard/Android to /storage/extSdCard/Android
Device should be rooted.
Also, in DirectoryBind preferences you need to enable Bind on boot and Alternate dbase mgmt.
That's all you need. All apps data will be stored on external sdcard including cache of games.

dolar4ik said:
DirectoryBind with only one link: /sdcard/Android to /storage/extSdCard/Android
Device should be rooted.
Also, in DirectoryBind preferences you need to enable Bind on boot and Alternate dbase mgmt.
That's all you need. All apps data will be stored on external sdcard including cache of games.
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The same can be done with foldermount, and it's still maintained with updates which dirictorybind isn't.

tys0n said:
The same can be done with foldermount, and it's still maintained with updates which dirictorybind isn't.
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For what you need an updates of DirectoryBind? It does not need any update because it smooth and fully working. Atleast, on 4.1.2.
For 4.2.2 we need to switch to FolderMount or manually add mount to init.d
With FolderMount you cannot mount sdcard/Android, you need to mount each cache folder separately.
Maybe it is fixed already in latest version, dunno. If yes, then I will switch to FolderMount too =)

With "destination folder check" unticked in settings it works fine. Maybe it's a pro feature.
Sent through time and space from my s3mini/CM10.

tys0n said:
With "destination folder check" unticked in settings it works fine. Maybe it's a pro feature.
Sent through time and space from my s3mini/CM10.
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Cool. Thanks.
Yes, it is pro feature but this app costs 1.99$ only

dolar4ik said:
Cool. Thanks.
Yes, it is pro feature but this app costs 1.99$ only
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Yeah it' well worth it

tys0n said:
With "destination folder check" unticked in settings it works fine. Maybe it's a pro feature.
Sent through time and space from my s3mini/CM10.
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Thanks a lot for this great information ! I was linking the apps directories one by one ... Now I understand you can link the whole apps directory just once ... Great !

tys0n said:
With "destination folder check" unticked in settings it works fine. Maybe it's a pro feature.
Sent through time and space from my s3mini/CM10.
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Finally I tried to link sdcard0 to sdcard1 : it seems to work if I look at Foldermount status, but in reality it does not copy anything to the SD card ... This is strange ... Plus after having linked sdcard0 to sdcard1, I cannot remove this link : it says a copy is running and I cannot stop it. In reality nothing is copying, so I need to uninstall Foldermount to remove the link ...

[Q] how do i install games and apps on external sd on 4.2.2?

hi all ,
I upgraded to 4.2.2 on latest firmware 1 day ago and am trying to find a way to install my apps and games on external sd card yet I found no mod except 1 that only works on 4.1.2 so any suggestions please?
help will be much appreciated

ahassouna said:
hi all ,
I upgraded to 4.2.2 on latest firmware 1 day ago and am trying to find a way to install my apps and games on external sd card yet I found no mod except 1 that only works on 4.1.2 so any suggestions please?
help will be much appreciated
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I use Foldermount, it doesn't install them om SD but once installed you can move the LARGE data to SD which comes with alot of the HD games, You have to be rooted though to use it. It's available on the Play Store.

Me too want to know how
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tonycrew said:
I use Foldermount, it doesn't install them om SD but once installed you can move the LARGE data to SD which comes with alot of the HD games, You have to be rooted though to use it. It's available on the Play Store.
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Thanks dude much appreciated
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tonycrew said:
I use Foldermount, it doesn't install them om SD but once installed you can move the LARGE data to SD which comes with alot of the HD games, You have to be rooted though to use it. It's available on the Play Store.
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But you cant play the game if you moved the data file that way. Kind of pointless?

tonycrew said:
I use Foldermount, it doesn't install them om SD but once installed you can move the LARGE data to SD which comes with alot of the HD games, You have to be rooted though to use it. It's available on the Play Store.
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I tried this application but phone shuts down and opens What should I do?

joejoe23 said:
But you cant play the game if you moved the data file that way. Kind of pointless?
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Yes, you can. That is the whole point of Foldermount. It links the files you moved to their original location, so the game works as normal.
TARSLAN said:
I tried this application but phone shuts down and opens What should I do?
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kingvortex said:
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Yes, you can. That is the whole point of Foldermount. It links the files you moved to their original location, so the game works as normal.
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I tried using it and when i start my game back ,it asked me to download the data back. I'll go watch some videos for that app.

joejoe23 said:
I tried using it and when i start my game back ,it asked me to download the data back. I'll go watch some videos for that app.
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Basically you have to install folder mount open it (of course), grant super user access, click list of pairs on top, click apps analyser (which is spelt - analyzer), here it will show you a list of apps with the biggest size first so click the one you want to link to the sd card, here it will show you maybe the data and obb and you have to click create pair on the right hand side, it will take a minute or so for it to do, it will show you in the notification bar anyway, once done go back once and click apps analyzer again at the top and then click list of pairs here you will see the list of linked apps with a drawing pin on the right hand side when they are in the sd card the pin is grey and if you click the pin it will turn green and it will link it back into the internal memory so you can play/open the app and use when finished using just go back into folder mount and unpin it or if you are going to go back into that particular later on you can just keep it linked, the idea is that when the apps are not in use all of the data stays on the sd card to preserve internal memory, its only really big apps you need to do this with like gta etc... also when the pin is green the app remains in both the sd card and internal storage, so basically the apps are sort of dormant until you want to use them but it saves memory on the internal storage anyway, so basically install folder mount link the game/app to sd and when you want to use it link it so the internal storage, if you get folder mount for free you can only have three pairs but if you purchase it like I did you can link as many apps as you like as long as you have enough memory on your card lol and to support the developer
hope this helps

[Q] Help! cant install apps, insufficient storage even with 400 MB available

my x2 can't install apps like BCA mobile, polaris office even with >400 mb storage available. I've been move all apps to external sd card, but useless. using xinternalsd still same. I install using google play and manual install apk like file explorer. hope anybody can give me suggestions... thanks

sholikhudin said:
my x2 can't install apps like BCA mobile, polaris office even with >400 mb storage available. I've been move all apps to external sd card, but useless. using xinternalsd still same. I install using google play and manual install apk like file explorer. hope anybody can give me suggestions... thanks
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Hi.... i had your same problem. Install Link2SD and in options select to move app not in external but select internal. It helped me a lot.

Nandosln59 said:
Hi.... i had your same problem. Install Link2SD and in options select to move app not in external but select internal. It helped me a lot.
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but the moved apps can't be pinned on homescreen, on every reboot, the pinned apps keeps dissappearing from the home screen :/

X2 memory
Hello once again guys. I use external2internal app to swap between internal memory and sd on my XL and i tried using it on X2 but it does not work. Read somewhere that It’s an app not compatible with android 4.3 because of the vold file. Is there any app so we can install our big apps directly to sd? Thanks and keep up the great work.

deutch1976 said:
Hello once again guys. I use external2internal app to swap between internal memory and sd on my XL and i tried using it on X2 but it does not work. Read somewhere that It’s an app not compatible with android 4.3 because of the vold file. Is there any app so we can install our big apps directly to sd? Thanks and keep up the great work.
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I used xposed+xinternalsd

Paleskin said:
I used xposed+xinternalsd
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Thanks bro. Does it install directly to the sd card? The problem is when we are trying to download a big game or app and says that i don't have enough space

Paleskin said:
I used xposed+xinternalsd
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Don't know why but i can't find Xposed+Xinternalsd
Tried some other apps but nothing worked for me
GL to SD only showed one of my games and moved it but the other one (1.2GB) didn't appeared to be moved

Any one tried this ?
In 1Mobile market app mananger have option to move apps.

cant move games on nokia x2 dual sim
hi, i have a problem.. i cant move games/install games on sd card. the phone has factory function of moving games on sd car but when i press move and it finishes its job nothing changes, when i check the game it says that space occupied on sd card is ex.500 mb but its still using internal memory and these 500 mbs are used from internal memory, app2sd, link2sd nothing helps what to do?